前总统唐纳德·特朗普收到了一封信来自特别顾问杰克·史密斯的办公室最近几周通知他，他是一个正在进行的调查相关的目标他不在办公室时对机密信息的处理，知情人士向美国广播公司新闻证实。
目标信的目的是提醒当事人他们面临被起诉的前景。
司法部的指导方针指出，"在适当的情况下，鼓励检察官在寻求起诉之前的合理时间通知此人，以便给他或她在大陪审团面前作证的机会"。
特朗普一再否认有不当行为，并辩称他是被敌人挑出来的。“我没有做错什么，但多年来我一直认为我是武器化的DOJ的目标& FBI，”他本周在社交媒体上写道。
周一特朗普的律师在DOJ会见官员，消息人士此前称。
消息人士称，史密斯和一名职业司法官员参加了会议，但总检察长梅里克·加兰和副总检察长丽莎·莫纳科都没有参加。
2023年6月1日，前总统唐纳德·特朗普在爱荷华州格里姆斯市格里姆斯社区综合大楼举行的特朗普团队志愿者领导力培训活动上问候支持者。
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上个月，特朗普的律师要求与加兰会面，因为他们担心未来几周可能会对特朗普提出起诉，指控他在离任后试图保留材料，并阻挠政府取回材料的努力。
律师们表示，他们对调查前总统的大陪审团的公正性有疑问。
特朗普第三次问鼎白宫后，加兰于11月任命了特别顾问史密斯。
史密斯还在调查特朗普推翻2020年大选的努力。
特朗普在纽约市被单独起诉有34项伪造商业记录的指控与封口费有关，在2016年总统竞选的最后几天支付给成人电影女演员斯托米·丹尼尔斯。
在那起案件中，他不认罪。
Trump informed that he is target of special counsel investigation over classified docs: Sources
Former President Donald Trump received a letterfrom special counsel Jack Smith's officein recent weeks informing him that he is the target of an ongoing investigation relatedto his handling of classified information while out of office, sources familiar with the matter confirmed to ABC News.
The point of a target letter is to put the subject on notice that they are facing the prospect of indictment.
Department of Justice guidelines state that "the prosecutor, in appropriate cases, is encouraged to notify such person a reasonable time before seeking an indictment in order to afford him or her an opportunity to testify before the grand jury."
Trump has repeatedly denied wrongdoing and argues he is being singled out by enemies. "I've done NOTHING wrong, but I have assumed for years that I am a Target of the WEAPONIZED DOJ& FBI," he wrote on social media this week.
Lawyers for Trump on Mondaymet with officials at the DOJ, sources previously said.
That meeting included Smith and a career justice official but neither Attorney General Merrick Garland nor Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, sources said.
Last month, Trump's lawyers requested a meeting with Garland amid fears that the coming weeks could bring a possible indictment regarding Trump's alleged efforts to retain materials after leaving office and obstruct the government's attempts to retrieve them.
The lawyers said they had questions surrounding the integrity of the grand juries investigating the former president.
Smith, the special counsel, was named by Garland in November after Trump launched his third White House bid.
Smith is also investigating Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Trump is separately charged in New York Citywith 34 counts of falsifying business recordsrelated to hush money paid made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in the final days of the 2016 presidential race.
He pleaded not guilty in that case.
